Lush Hot Toddy

This is another review from my gift set from lush, ' 12 days of christmas ' this shower gel was included and i used it for the first time last night. 

I have to say i didn't like the smell, i'm not a fan of cinnamon so i knew i wouldn't like it, but i thought i would review it anyway. It wasn't like i went out my way to buy this product because i knew it wouldn't be for me. 

The texture however was nice, and it left my skin feeling nice and soft, and i would also recommend it to someone who liked that heavy scent, but not me. 

It has a shimmer in the bottle, but it isn't noticeable on the skin when you use it ( well i couldn't see it anyway ) 

Ciate Advent Calendar- day 3

Today like most days i opened my advent calendar straight away because yes i'm a big kid, and today it was a nice orange shade. Not really suitable for this time of year but nice enough none the less. its called Hopsctoch. What a cute little name. 

Personally i think that this is a summer shade, but i also dont think it is as bright as it looks on the photograph, so if that puts you off if you have the option look at it in person before buying. It is a very nice shade of orange though. 

Ciate advent calendar- Day 1

Yes this is a day late and i'm very sorry for that.. It wont happen again i promise, It Just means you get to see 2 vanishes in one day!

Because i have decided to post every day about every colour i get in my advent, some days there will be 2 posts.. which is all exciting, but obviously it does take more time.

I also have lush products to review for you all through out December, so it's going to be a very busy month! How exciting.

Sooo.. back onto the nail subject.

I got Snow globe!

This is more of a top coat then a colour. Glitters are harder to take of your nails, and with it being some a light shade, its harder to use. This colour will go with any colour, but with it being christmassy i think at the moment a nice deep red and a green, just to get in the festive spirit. 

It has nice big flakes in of silver and very light blue. A beautiful shade for this season. 

Soap and Glory

Everyone loves this brand, and if they dont they are crazy! because i haven't met a girl who doesn't love the products with their beautiful fragrance. 

I have tried near enough every single product from shower gels, to make up. A bit of everything. So it wasn't a surprise then when i went into Boots and saw 3 for 2 was on that i went straight to the soap and glory section. I picked up 2 products from the brand,

- Sugar Crush Body Wash

- Clean Girls Body Wash

yes they both dont sound to exciting, but are wonderful. I haven't ever tried the clean girls one, but it smells quite nice. The sugar crush one is my all time favourite  It smells like lime, its so sweet and fruity. Just beautiful.
They were both £6.50 each, which is quite expensive; but its 100% worth it. They last forever, weeks and weeks. The product that just keeps going. With it being a pump dispenser it saves on a lot of waste. 

Charlie

Yes its kind of cheating, but i thought when i buy presents that are beauty ish related i will share with you because if your struggling for things to find maybe these little stocking fillers will help. something so simple for £4 yet a nice gift idea is this charlie set. It contains 4 body spray minis at 50ml. It has Charlie pink, Charlie Shimmer, Charlie Bittersweet and Charlie Red. 

Yes its not exactly the best present in the world, but for someone a little picky its easy and simple. 

A Yankee Christmas

I love a good Christmas fragrance; and nothing is better than a glowing candle in the winter, so really Christmas smelling candles are perfect. I hate the thought of spending £20 on one candle, that gets to a certain point where you can't burn it any more and you waste most of it. Yes you have a nice jar that you can reuse in some way if you want to, which I have done with mine. But for the price I prefer to buy the small sample ones so I can have a few different ones to try rather than just one scent. 

      I recently bought 2 small candles from the Christmas range. 

There are a few different candles available. I've smelt a lot of them but there were a few i thought were too strong but might be different when lit. 

- Candy Cane Lane

- Christmas Garland

- Icicles 

-Snow In Love

-Baby Leaf wreath

- Sugared Apple

- Cranberry ice

- Red Apple Wreath

- Season Of Peace

- Sparkling Cinnamon

- Silver Birch Christmas Memories

- Angel Wings

- Christmas Eve 

- Christmas Cookie

I own Christmas Cookie and Christmas Eve. Out of the 2 christmas eve is nicer, it has the official christmas smell. But the other one is nice but like its named ' cookie ' its sweet. 

Some of the range are really strong so if you are interested in buying one make sure you give it a sniff. 

Yankee also do a very good range of christmas gifts. 

these voites are £10.99 and are a good idea for people who want to try different candles from the christmas range. 

Also avaibale is a yankee calander! how perfect 

This calendar retails at £24.99, and it holds mini christmas candles. For the price it is 100% worth it, there is also a different type of calendar available as well.It is shaped like a wreath like you can see in the photo. 

This one is roughly £30 and has 23 tea light candles and then one voite for christmas eve. as you can see in the picture it is beautifully packaged like a house which i think shows time and effort has gone into making this. also on a product like this i think packaging makes a massive differences. i am still tempted to buy one of these for my own house. 

a few goodies

My christmas Wishlist

Obviously everyone deep down knows what they want for christmas. Yet when they get asked, people say ' oh i dont know ' 

YES WE DO!! 

I've got a few things beauty related that i want for christmas so i thought i would share with you guys what i'm begging for from Santa. 

http://www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk/nicepackage?intid=hppromo_vkb

Here is a link for a really great gift idea. and for me its perfect because i've only ever tried one thing from benefit and i hate the thought of spending quite a big amount on one thing and then to hate it so when i saw this a while ago i've been hinting for quite a long time

It's £66 and you get to choose a few different products, 

one complexion product, so you can choose from either ' porefessional ' ' hello flawless ' or the ' porefessional agent zero '

one cheeks product. either ' hoola' ' rockateur' or ' benetint ' 

Eyes - ' fake up ' they're real mascara ' ' gimme brow ' 

then you can choose a free gift. 

i thought this was such a good idea because you can choose what goes in the package. I WANT IT!! 

I love the look of a good palette like many.. but i have the naked 2 and i'm not interested in one or 3 so i have been on the hunt for a different brand. 

Too faced have some of the most beautiful pallettes i've ever seen. 

http://www.boots.com/en/Too-Faced-The-Return-of-Sexy-Eye-Palette_1296941/

i think its great because it has different color sections to make different eye shades. Also everyone likes a beautiful looking oalette, well I do anyway. The fact it has 3 different sections excitements me, because normally in a pallete you get all nudes all bright sect, they are always the same shades of colours. So it's nice to see a pallete that has different sections. 

12 days of Christmas

12 days of Christmas contains 12 great products, all different, but all amazing. This can be used as an advent calendar type thing, or even just as a gift. It retails at £50; which seems quite pricy, but I think it's worth it. I haven't actually tried any of the products that are in this gift, but I have used many different lush products in the past. 

     Singular bath bombs are roughly £4 each let alone the 2 soaps and shower gels which the box contains. 

    Dashing Santa, holly Golightly, golden wonder and star light star bright bath melt are all included. 

If you are stuck for ideas, this is a good present, and something quick and easy. I will be doing reviews throughout December on the products involved, so if you are interested in hearing about the products make sure to come back then. 

The packaging is big for what is in inside though i think they have wasted a lot of space to be honest but its really nice. It is presented like a book which i think is a nice idea, its a shame that when you open it all the products are there i think they could have packaged them some how to kind of hide the products because it slightly ruins the element of surprise. I know that on the outside it tells you the contents but i think for some people if they dont want to know, you dont have a choice as soon as you open it. 

Sorry for anyone who didn't want to see the inside but maybe some of you do.. 

As you can see you have 12 sections in the box to keep the products separate, but i didn't really like the fact that the bath bombs haven not been wrapped like they normally would do when you purchase them in singles in the store. 

Here is a photo of the outside packaging, and it is a lot bigger than it actually looks. But i think the packaging is very pretty. 

Friends!

A different post today! 

Friendships. I have a good close group of friends that I've had since school. Some times we don't see each other but it doesn't matter feels like weve not been apart when we get back together. 

These last 2 years me and friends have been through so much. Car accidents to holidays, bad times, happy times, tears and laughter. Ambulances, pregnancies and babies! College, exams a levels and university. Operations, to funerals, weddings to break ups. Hospital visits, to parties. New cars, to getting your car written off! About ten different hair colours and 100 cuts! Money spent, money saved,Bills paid. Moving out to hangovers. Pets to clothes, to engagments! We've all done so much over these last 2 years, all been there when we've been needed for support or to party with! Happiest times and sadest.

I am so lucky to have such a great group of friends! Treasure yours. Always <3